As an IT leader in the digital age, the mandate couldn’t be simpler – deliver more value, faster.

Exploring smart ways in z13 to deliver ever more value, quickly

The next 50 years of value:

Micro Focus COBOL &

the IBM Mainframe

Ed Airey & Derek Britton

Micro Focus

PublicCloud

PrivateCloud

40+ years of

innovation has

delivered incredible

returns but at the

cost of huge levels

of complexity

Micro Focus’ portability delivers future investment savings

CloudDistributed VirtualizedMainframe?

COBOL applications written yesterday run on today’s modern platforms

COBOL applications written today will run on tomorrow’s leading platforms

COBOL is already part of the next generation of platforms

Micro Focus is investing today so that business applications can support your

business for the coming generations

Micro Focus bridges the old

and the new, enabling customers

to unlock the value in their core

business applications

Majority of IT spend

'keeping the lights on'...

Bridging the old and the new in the enterprise

The barriers to change

…leaving insufficient

room for innovation

Time to Value – Driving Critical IT Projects

Skills

Compliance

IT Backlog

Outsourcing

Time to Value

DeployKnowledge UX Develop

Accelerating Time to Value in the EnterpriseStreamlining the enterprise IT journey to deliver more value, faster

Quality

Enterprise-wide insight to support superior IT decision making

Insight

Manage drivers for change,

Establish expertise to

de-risk IT strategy, reduce

redundancy and IT budgets

Understanding

Review technical,

operational and business

impacts based on the only

source of application truth

– the applications

themselves

Acceleration

Provide knowledge at

the point of change

for application

developers

Knowledge

Knowledge

Knowledge at the point of change for fast results

Rapid, simple business application modernization

Mobility

Core applications are

now available through

web, desktop and

mobile interfaces

Efficiency

Modernizing core applications

without having to change the

underlying application accelerates

business improvement; modern

controls provide a more intuitive,

efficient interface for users

and customers

Simplicity

Complex multiple screens

can be sanitized into

simpler interfaces to

reduce the complexity,

time and risk of error

for end users

User Experience

Rapid modernization for dramatic business results

User Experience

Best in class, efficient z Systems development

Streamline

Remove infrastructure

limitations and

unnecessary

mainframe reliance

Extend

Introduce flexibility

across the development

life-cycle and enhance

the resource pool

Accelerate

Maximise developer

efficiency and improving

delivery times by

up to 40%

Develop

Streamline – removing barriers to efficiency

Accelerated delivery time by providing access to contemporary development environment

Maximize developer efficiency by reducing mainframe resource contention and wait time

Rejuvenate the skill pool through adoption of industry standard technology

Switch between connected or offload mode to get the best blend of instant change and reduced mainframe dependency

Maximize efficiency

Develop

Accelerate – improve delivery times and maximize efficiency

Instantaneous application change with zero wait time and no resource conflict

Advanced editing and debug technology for fast error detection and resolution

Remove barriers to unit testing to improve code quality

Develop

Expand – flexibility across the development life-cycle

Quickly integrate mainframe tools and process to improve developer adoption

Unification of best of breed development tools and deep integration to configuration management

Industry standard IDEs foster development team collaboration

A single development technology regardless of application strategy

Develop

Develop

Optimal efficiency and flexibility for enterprise development

Future-proofed – today’s core applications have a robust and flexible future path

Flexible – enables instant mainframe connection or fully detached, distributed set up

Distributed

Virtualized

Mainframe

Unified – Standardized IDE technology provides highly productive environment for enterprise developers

Develop – z/OS from Eclipse

Develop – Limitless Debug and Unit Testing

Enterprise testing for rapid, cost-effective service delivery

Flexibility

Remove existing capacity

bottlenecks and improve

time-to-delivery with a

flexible, scalable

testing model

Cost Efficiency

Reduce or contain

testing costs by

testing more in less

time using cheaper

resources

Quality

Improve application

delivery quality and

throughput without

consuming additional

costs

Quality

Remove existing test capacity constraints with a scalable low cost test execution environment

Scale up test capacity on demand

Flexible access to mainframe applications, job steps and data where needed

Faster time to delivery with less risk of production failure

Flexibility – remove bottlenecks, improve time to delivery

User Acceptance

Testing

System Testing

Functional Testing

Integration Testing

Unit Testing

Development

EfficientServiceDelivery

Quality

Quality – Find issues faster, with no extra effort

Bring agility through Continuous Integration for fast error detection and resolution

Enable end-to-end testing for composite applications

Faster resolution of complex runtime issues with improved diagnostic tools and core dump debugging

Quality

Quality

Cost efficiency – Effective rapid service delivery

Reduce or contain test MIPS consumption to free up headroom for production workload

Virtualization for cost-effective access to unlimited test capacity

Simple set up and management to remove reliance on systems administrators

Reduce the cost of delivery by finding issues earlier

Delivering Better Time to Value

Transform UI for immediate 100% efficiency improvement

Achieve rapid insights for better decision making

Improve Dev Efficiency by 25%

Provide knowledge at the point of change

Establish fast and flexible test cycles which deliver up to 50% faster

Z Systems workload flexibility with a 50% time to market improvement

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Achieve business value quickly to drive investment for future innovation and growth

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Customer Success

Cost Risk Time to Value Competitive Advantage

The IBM z System is a result of more

than $1 billion in R&D investments over the past

four years… We are continually working with our technology

partners to help our clients maximize the value in their IBM

mainframes, and this latest innovation from Micro Focus is a

great example of that commitment.

Vice President and Business Line Executive, IBM z Systems, 2013

IBM z13 is the industry leading business execution environment

for enterprise application workload where scalability,

performance and extensibility are core requirements for

successful IT service delivery. Micro Focus is delighted to

support the latest generation of IBM mainframe technology

innovation, the z13

Chris Livesey, CMO, 2015

Outline survey of key application

stakeholders

Micro Focus / Client meeting

Discussion of current situation,

strategy, criteria, priority

Review and outline proposal within

days

Mainframe SolutionsNext steps – Value Profile Meeting

www.microfocus.com/timetovalue

Ed Airey - @edairey | Derek Britton - @derekbrittonuk